Education and Labour Party ideologies, 1900-2001 and beyond
By: Denis Lawton.
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century.; Politics and education -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Education and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nineteenth-century background; title: The early years 1900-39 : ideas and contradictions; title: World War II, 1939-45; title: The Attlee governments, 1945-51 : missed opportunities in education; title: Labour in opposition, 1951-64 : a chance to theorise and revise; title: The Wilson governments, 1964-70; title: Heath and a taste of Thatcher, 1970-73; title: Wilson and Callaghan, 1974-79; title: Thatcherism, 1979-90; title: A Labour education policy found, and lost, 1990-97; title: Education, education, education, or targets, targets, targets? 1997-2001; title: The future of Labour education, 2001-2010 : targets or worthwhile learning?; title: Postscript October 2003.